English-Cheyenne Student Dictionary

NUMBER (i) : hoestonestotse, hoestonestototse

[couyvtlng- thing] (The Cheyenne number system is
rich and complex. Numbers take different forms
depending on whether they refer to numbers of
things, numbers of times something is done (this
form is also used for counting numbers), units,
and some other parameters.)
NUMBERS:

of things

of times (also, counting)

1 na'^estse

no'J'ka

2 neSe

nexa

3 na'^he

na'^ha

4 neve

neva

5 noho

nohona

6 naasohto

naasohtoha

7 nesohto

nesohtoha

8 na'^nohto

na'^nohtoha

9 soohto

soohtoha

10 mahtohto

mahtohtoha

HIGHER NUMBERS: (Only counting numbers are given,
but the same things/times distinction, as above,
remains . )

11 mahtohto -hohta-no'^ka

12 mahtohto-hohta-nexa

1 3 mahtohto - hohta- na'^ha

20 neso'^e

21 neso'^e-hohta-no^ka
30 na'?no'?e

40 nevo'^e

50 noho-no'^e

60 naasohto-no'^e

70 nesohto-no'^e

80 na'^nohto-no^e

90 soohto -no'J'e

100 no'^ka-mahtohto-no^e

101 no'?ka-mahtoht6-no'?e-hohta-no'!*ka
1000 no'^ka-mahtohtoa-mahtohto-no^e, or

no'^ka-vonoestova [om-"lo6t count^^]

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